"We have to what?" cried Yusuke. He and the rest of the spirit team were currently in Koenma's office receiving the orders for their next mission.
"I said, you have to join the play, Romeo and Juliet, so that you can spy on one of the other actors," said Koenma, "Are you deaf?"
"Why, exactly, must we have the entire group participate in the play?" asked Hiei coldly.
"Because I am the supreme ruler of Spirit World, and I said so," said Koenma arrogantly.
"And what about the oaf over there?" said Hiei, gesturing to Kuwabara, "I don't think he'd be able to remember his own name if it wasn't sewn onto his underpants; how is he supposed to remember lines?"
"Hey! I do not have my name sewn onto my underpants!" said Kuwabara indignantly.
"Yes, well we need him to audition anyway. I could use a good laugh every now and again…" said Koenma, ignoring Kuwabara's comment.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?" said Kuwabara.
"I mean exactly what I said," said Koenma.
"Calm down, Kuwabara," said Kurama. He grabbed Kuwabara's wrist as he attempted to charge the toddler. "When are the auditions?" asked Kurama in his usual calm tone.
"Tomorrow," said Koenma.
"Goodie…" said Yusuke sarcastically.
"I would suggest that you get some of you girl friends to audition as well; it may make things easier on you," said Koenma. "You could ask Keiko," he suggested to Yusuke.
"Keiko's not my girlfriend!" sputtered Yusuke.
"Well, she's your friend, isn't she?" said Koenma.
"Well, yeah, she is. But—"
"And she's a girl, right?"
"Yes."
"Well, then she would be your girl friend, wouldn't she?" Koenma's tone implied that he was talking to a baby, instead of a teenager.
Before Yusuke could answer, Hiei cut him off. "Don't you think we should know a bit more about the person we're watching? Such as their name?" he suggested coldly.
"Uh… Right…" said Koenma. The giant screen behind his desk flickered to life, and showed a teenage girl. She had dark brown eyes and dark auburn, almost black hair that reached her mid-back. She wore black leather that accented her generous figure.
"Keep it in your pants, gentlemen," said Koenma, referring to Yusuke and Kuwabara who were practically drooling over the girl in question. "Her name is Magia."
"I'll be Romeo if she's Juliet!" said Yusuke.
"As if, Urameshi! She's gonna fall for me, and you're gonna watch! No woman is immune to the Kazuma Magic!" said Kuwabara, puffing up with what was, apparently, pride.
"You mean, excluding every woman you've ever met?" said Hiei in a bored tone. Yusuke and Koenma cracked up while Kurama bit his thumb to keep from laughing. Kuwabara deflated like a balloon as he glared at Hiei.
"O...okay," said Koenma as soon as he'd tamed his laughter enough to speak, "I suggest you all get your rest. I'll be watching your performance."
The team left without another word, Hiei in the lead.
The next day.
"OKAY PEOPLE! SCRIPTS ARE ON THE TABLE! AUDITIONS WILL START IN FIFTEEN MINUTES! REMEMBER, IF YOU DON'T SIGN UP, YOU DON'T AUDITION!" came a booming voice from the overhead speakers.
"Whew! Made it!" said Yusuke, panting slightly. Keiko appeared just after him.
"Why did you have to run so fast?" she panted, wiping the sweat from her brow absently.
"Well, if you didn't spend an hour trying to decide 'what to wear', we wouldn't have had to run!" said Yusuke.
"Just because you look stupid, doesn't mean I have to," Keiko retorted. She began to search the crowd for a familiar face. "Hey look! There's Kurama and Kuwabara!" she said and began to drag Yusuke towards them.
"Hey, where's Hiei?" asked Yusuke when they finally reached the two boys. Grabbing a sign-up sheet, and handing another to Keiko, he began to fill it out.
"We don't know where he is, but if he isn't here soon…" Kurama cut himself off as he spotted the fire apparition in question. "Never mind, there he is!" said the fox.
The team wasn't surprised to find Hiei wearing his usual black. Three white belts adorned his waist, holding up his deadly katana. The team looked at him oddly.
"How did you get that in here?" asked Yusuke, pointing to the katana.
"Told 'em it was fake…" said Hiei with a shrug.
"And they believed you?" asked Kurama incredulously.
"They were American," Hiei said with another shrug of his shoulders.
"THE AUDITION STARTS IN 10 MINUTES! IF YOU DON'T SIGN UP, YOU DON'T AUDITION!" said the booming voice once again.
"I guess you should hurry, Hiei," said Yusuke, handing him a form. "You have to fill this out."
The Form:
Name: Hiei Jaganshi
Age: 17
Height: 58 inches (without hair)
Hair: Black, shoulder length.
Gender: male
Past Acting Experience: None
Desired Part: --
Audition results will be announced next week.
End Form
"I'll be right back…" said Keiko as she rushed off.
"COME ON MAGIA! WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!" cried a very loud voice. The voice was followed by a pair of peculiar looking girls. The one that had shouted was wearing a red tube top with a mesh outer-shirt and a considerably short plaid skirt. She had shoulder-length blonde hair and blue eyes that obviously showed her every emotion. Her companion was none other than Magia herself. Today Magia wore black jeans that clung to her figure and a black leather halter top.
"Hella… Why do I have to do this?" said a clearly exasperated Magia as she was dragged by the arm toward the sign-up booth. Her eyes met Hiei's she passed but both quickly looked away.
"Because," said Hella slowly, "there's going to be tons of cute guys here to play Romeo, and we both need boyfriends!"
"No, you need a boyfriend. I'm perfectly happy with being single," said Magia.
"The poor thing's in denial..." said Hella.
"Whatever…" said Magia. The two girls filled out the sign up sheets and turned them in. After that, Magia found herself being dragged around by Hella once more.
"He's cute," said Hella, "Oh, and so is he… What about him? Hello handsome!"
The spirit team watched as Hella dragged Magia up to them.
"These guys are cute. What about one of them?" said Hella.
"For the last time, Hella… I Do Not Need A Boyfriend!" said a clearly agitated Magia.
"Ah, don't be that way!" said Kuwabara suddenly, "I'd be happy to go out with you."
"In your dreams…" said Magia, turning her head to the side with an annoyed look on her face.
"Aww! Come on! You know you want some—" Kuwabara was cut off by Hiei's fist.
"No one wants to date you. Get over it," said the fire apparition in question to the now unconscious oaf on the floor.
"We're sorry about Kuwabara," said Kurama politely to Hella and Magia.
"Yeah, the idiot doesn't know when to keep his big mouth shut," said Yusuke.
"Last I checked, Urameshi, you weren't much better," said Hiei coldly. This caused Magia and Hella to giggle.
"My name is Hella," said Hella looking at Kurama with little stars in her eyes, "and this is Magia."
"It's a pleasure to meet you," said Kurama with a polite bow. Hiei and Yusuke just stood there until Kurama bent their backs for them saying, "Don't be rude."
Keiko returned at this moment and was very confused. "What's going on here?" Then she spotted Magia and Hella. "Oh, hello! My name is Keiko," said Keiko, bowing like Kurama did.
"Magia," said Magia, bowing as well.
"I'm Hella," said Hella, holding out her hand. "And why do people keep bowing to us?"
"You're not from around here, are you?" asked Kurama.
"Nope," said Hella, "We're from the good old U.S.A," said Hella.
"Hella's only staying for the play, but I live here," said Magia.
"Well, consider a bow to be the Japanese equivalent of a handshake," said Kurama, taking Hella's still outstretched hand in his for a said handshake.
"Trust Kurama to know all about foreign cultures…" said Yusuke rolling his eyes.
"Shut up, Yusuke," said Keiko, whapping him on the head.
"AUDITIONS ARE STARTING! PLEASE FILE INTO THE AUDITORIUM IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP! IF YOU HAVEN'T, YOU CANNOT AUDITION!" said the announcer over the intercom.
"Well, I guess it's time…" said Kurama. The group dragged Kuwabara into the auditorium to do their auditions.
One Week Later
Only the main characters and their parts will be listed)
Audition Results:
Nurse: Keiko
Mercutio: Yusuke
Benvolio: Suuichi
Tybalt: Jin
Romeo: Hiei
Juliet: Magia
Thank
you for auditioning!
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I DIDN'T GET A PART?" said Kuwabara and Hella together as they failed to find their names on the list.
"What the hell is Jin doing here?" said Yusuke looking at the currently dancing Jin.
"When did he try out? I don't remember him being there. On that matter, how did he get here anyway?" Kurama pondered to himself.
"HA! I MADE IT! I TOLD HIM I COULD DO IT! HA!" said Jin who was receiving a lot of strange stares from everyone else in the room save for the Spirit Detectives and Magia.
Hiei and Magia took one look at their roles and one look at each other. One thought was voiced between both of them.
"Shit…"